https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143321787

Obviously it's to provide Israel security in case of a missile attack from Iran or Hezbollah. I don't see the problem with it.

lapucelle

(19,591 posts)

6. "The U.S. is deploying an advanced missile defense system to Israel, along with dozens of soldiers to operate it."

Reply to cilla4progress (Original post)

Mon Oct 14, 2024, 08:06 AM

Oct 14

President Joe Biden ordered the Pentagon to send the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system — known as THAAD — to Israel in the coming days to help Israel fend off potential Iranian missile attacks and add to the Israeli government’s already robust missile defense infrastructure.

The move “underscores the United States’ ironclad commitment to the defense of Israel, and to defend Americans in Israel,” Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder said in a statement Sunday.

The ground-based system that can shoot down ballistic missiles is the latest in a steady buildup of U.S. forces in the region as Israel and Iran have engaged in the most significant rounds of strikes against each other in their histories, deepening fears of a wider regional war.

Iran has already launched hundreds of ballistic missiles and drones at Israel in two attacks in April and October, which the Israelis have largely defeated with the help of the U.S., United Kingdom and France, as well as other countries in the region.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/13/us-air-defense-systems-troops-israel-00183563

sabbat hunter

(6,902 posts)

7. It is 100 soldiers

Reply to cilla4progress (Original post)

Mon Oct 14, 2024, 08:32 PM

Oct 14

there to operate a new missile defense system, and train IDF soldiers on how to use it

Reply to this discussion